Check below for the documented legal status of prediction markets across all 50 states and Washington, D.C. Choose a provider and click a state to see findings for sports, elections and politics, finance and economics, entertainment, and other events. Each verified finding identifies its scope and official source.
Last check: November 11, 2026
How to Read the Legal Map
The map covers Novig, Polymarket US, Kalshi, FanDuel Predicts, DraftKings Predictions, Crypto.com, Fanatics Markets and moomoo. State colors summarize the legal findings for your selected provider. The panel shows the result for each event category, including categories whose legal status has not been verified.
The Provider Changes the Answer
Legal documents identify the business or exchange involved. Kalshi’s New Jersey court protection applies to its covered sports contracts; the map does not automatically extend that order to a different provider.
The Event Category Changes It Too
Nevada’s documented Kalshi restrictions cover sports, election-related contracts and entertainment. The map identifies those categories separately and leaves financial contracts unverified where no category-specific conclusion was established.
Use the Exact Service
Polymarket here means Polymarket US. Exchange, broker and app records can name different legal entities. Each result stays tied to the provider and contract scope identified in its supporting document.
Read the Status Label
Permission documented identifies affirmative authority within the stated scope. Restricted identifies a verified prohibition. Disputed identifies competing legal positions or unresolved proceedings. Unverified means this review did not establish the answer.
Prediction Market Legal Status by State
Choose a provider, then click a state. Read the legal status and scope for each event category. Changing providers keeps your selected state. Official authority links appear with the findings; practical account availability has its own expandable note.
Novig’s sports contracts face documented state objections in Connecticut and Missouri. Click a state for the legal findings and the categories still unverified.
Source check: . Findings apply to the named provider and stated contract scope. Unverified categories remain unclassified; account approval and contract-specific restrictions still apply.
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The color summarizes known findings for the selected provider. A restriction may cover only some categories; an unverified result means the legal position has not been fully established here. Click the state for the category details.
What Your Location Changes
Location rules can affect placing a new trade, selling an existing position and moving money. The practical question is which actions your provider allows where you are now.
Your Current Location
Novig checks where your device is when you trade. Its eligibility page specifically separates physical location from residency, billing address and mailing address. An approved account can therefore have different access when you travel.
Account and Age Requirements
Novig and Fanatics Markets require customers to be at least 21. FanDuel Predicts states 18+. Identity checks and the provider’s account approval remain part of access even where the state appears on its trading list.
Orders and Withdrawals While Away
Novig says positions continue to settle when you enter Arizona, Michigan or Nevada, but new orders, deposits and withdrawals are unavailable there. Fanatics also restricts selling existing positions while you are outside its eligible trading locations.
Restrictions Within a State
A statewide result can have location exceptions. DraftKings Predictions excludes tribal land. FanDuel’s California page also excludes Predicts sports contracts on tribal lands. Those limits appear alongside the relevant provider’s state result.
Step 1: Select your provider and current state.
Step 2: Read each event category’s legal status and the scope of the supporting document.
Step 3: Switch providers to compare their legal findings, then open the availability note or review.
Restrictions, Disputes and Verification Gaps
Restrictions can apply to one provider or particular event categories. Nevada’s documented Kalshi restrictions cover sports, elections and entertainment; Washington’s order lists a wider set of categories. The state panel identifies the relevant scope and source.
A Restriction Has a Specific Scope
A sports injunction applies to the contracts it covers. The state panel identifies any election, entertainment or other categories covered too. It also states when an “other events” finding concerns only particular subtypes, such as tech/science or mentions.
Unverified Does Not Mean Prohibited
A complete, current legal determination was not established for every provider, state and category. Those entries stay Unverified. A federal registration, an open app or the absence of a located injunction is not converted into a blanket permission label.
Compare the Providers You Can Use
Once you have an eligible provider for the event you want, compare what the contract costs, how orders fill and how the outcome is settled. These guides cover the details behind those decisions.
Fees
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Prediction Markets vs. Sportsbooks
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How They Work
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Availability
Read the account, location, age and contract-category requirements that sit behind the state results on this page.
List of Prediction Markets
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Prediction Markets Hub
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